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Topic: Blackstone Portability (Read 2887 times)

scott123

It will be a long time before I travel with this, but I wanted to bounce some ideas off you guys for transporting the blackstone and see what you think.

The main body, even with nothing in it, is heavy. This doesn't happen much with goods made in China, but I think they went with too thick of a gauge of metal for the outer shell. It's also really unwieldy. I'm contemplating attaching a strap to the handles so I can take the weight on a shoulder. Just about everything else can go in the car lose, with the exception of the stones, which will probably need to go on a seat so they're protected.

I'm not sure how to travel with hot stones after the event, but, thankfully, the stones are pretty thin, so perhaps they can cool to the touch after an hour or two. I believe wool is good to around 500, and has a good r value, so perhaps I'll let the stones cool to 300 and put them on a wool blanket.

I say upgraded casters and weld on a trailer hitch bar. I wanna hear the sound that sucker makes screaming down the highway. If you have an SUV with opening rear glass in the liftgate, a passenger could launch and recover pies at highway speed.

It will be a long time before I travel with this, but I wanted to bounce some ideas off you guys for transporting the blackstone and see what you think.

The main body, even with nothing in it, is heavy. This doesn't happen much with goods made in China, but I think they went with too thick of a gauge of metal for the outer shell. It's also really unwieldy. I'm contemplating attaching a strap to the handles so I can take the weight on a shoulder. Just about everything else can go in the car lose, with the exception of the stones, which will probably need to go on a seat so they're protected.

I'm not sure how to travel with hot stones after the event, but, thankfully, the stones are pretty thin, so perhaps they can cool to the touch after an hour or two. I believe wool is good to around 500, and has a good r value, so perhaps I'll let the stones cool to 300 and put them on a wool blanket.

You'd better stay out of Ohio with that. The rapacious Ohio State Patrol that makes driving the interstate here such a miserable experience will think the BS is a new high-tech meth lab and that they've finally caught Heisenberg.

I'm working on that right now. When I bring mine outside to the patio from storage in the garage, I have a little off-road trip I need to make. Those stock casters are rattlin' and shakin' like crazy! I found some nice 6" pneumatic casters (two with brakes) and the correct caster stem insert for the diameter of tubing used in the frame. I want to keep the shelf height pretty much what it is now, so I'll have to cut a little more off the bottom.

Scott - Make a backpack harness and wear it on your back. Actually two shoulder straps from duffle bags would work great. Attach at handles and where the legs attach. You'd look like RocketMan!!

I think we're missing an opportunity in portability. Backside insulation, double straps and now you can backpack the unit. With an insulated helmet on the carrier, someone from behind might be able to pull a lower temp pie as its being transported while walking. Thinking this might be why the motor is battery powered.

Scott, I checked temps 2 hours after I cooked. The exterior of the oven was around 78 degrees, the bottom stone was around 90 to 100 and the top stone was slightly higher. Some leather gloves would be helpful to handle the parts when they are still warm, but it didn't seem anything would burn with work gloves.

I would bet if you stood a fan in front of it and came back in an hour it would be cool enough to touch and disassemble. I'm doing a couple pies Tuesday nite after my 6 day run of 12 hour nites (time for beer and pie) and I'll try to remember to do this. I have a room fan on a stand I use to keep skeeters away from us when sitting at the patio table in the evenings so I'll let you know if nobody else tries it first.

I would bet if you stood a fan in front of it and came back in an hour it would be cool enough to touch and disassemble. I'm doing a couple pies Tuesday nite after my 6 day run of 12 hour nites (time for beer and pie) and I'll try to remember to do this. I have a room fan on a stand I use to keep skeeters away from us when sitting at the patio table in the evenings so I'll let you know if nobody else tries it first.